This meal was particularly sumptuous, and the stewed chicken with potatoes won unanimous praise from everyone, but Deputy Squad Leader Zhu had no intention of eating.
He has stayed on the plateau for a long time, and he knows how hungry plateau animals are for food.
As long as these animals can smell a little bit of food, they will definitely come to eat it, especially in winter when food is scarce.
This is the nature of animals and cannot be cracked.
Unless cement bricks can be transported and rebuilt, the cost will be too high, and it can only be rebuilt in the summer.
Moreover, if the cement vegetable cellar is built in a mountain col, it will inevitably be flooded when the snow melts in spring.
Because of the low temperature on the plateau, stagnant water in the mountain valleys can accumulate for two to three months, and cement soaked in alkaline water for two to three months will not last long. It may not even be as reliable as a foam board house.
Lin Yi looked at Deputy Squad Leader Zhu, who had no appetite, and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be anxious yet, people always come up with solutions. How about this, let's have a meeting later to see how we can prevent animals from
Invading the vegetable cellar."
Deputy squad leader Zhu nodded, "Okay, there is strength in numbers, and three cobblers can even stand up to Zhuge Liang. Let's work together to find a solution."
Then he looked at everyone who had finished eating and shouted: "Go to the conference room for a meeting."
Soon everyone entered the conference room, and a corporal asked: "Deputy squad leader, what kind of meeting is this? I didn't hear any instructions conveyed by the superiors."
Vice squad leader Zhu immediately expressed his thoughts about animals invading the vegetable cellar.
As soon as they heard the question about the vegetable cellar, everyone held their breath. This vegetable cellar was built by everyone after five days of hard work. Not only will this be a credit later, but it is also directly related to the issue of outpost space. Everyone
Not daring to neglect, I immediately thought of a method.
Xiao Wang raised his hand and said: "How about we put Alu next to the vegetable cellar, so that with Alu guarding, ordinary foxes, rabbits and the like will not dare to come over.
As for the wolves, they will basically not get close to the sentry post. And we have sentries on the second floor. If we see the wolves coming, we will notify them as soon as possible. If they insist on stealing food, we can go out and drive them away."
Lin Yi shook his head, "Alu is a patrol dog. He will patrol during the day. It is impossible for a sentry to keep an eye on the outdoor vegetable cellar in the mountain col. Especially small animals such as hares are more difficult to detect. It doesn't matter a day or two, just one or two
After a month, it will inevitably be dug through."
Deputy squad leader Zhu pointed to the snow passage leading to the dry toilet: "Platoon leader, you said pouring water on the snow to freeze it into ice, is that okay?"
Lin Yi also thought of this at first, but he was afraid that the ice was not strong enough. Hare's teeth, which usually eat grass roots, are so sharp that they can chew wood into pieces. He was afraid that the ice would be easily chewed up.
Unless the ice is very thick, so thick that even rabbits and other creatures can't chew it for a month or two, the outpost in winter is very short of water, and it is impossible to use water resources on a large scale to irrigate the snow layer and form an ice surface.
So this seemingly feasible method is actually no easier than pulling cement from the mountain and turning around.
Lin Yi vetoed both proposals, and the situation reached a deadlock. After a while, a corporal raised his hand silently, "I have a local method, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
When Deputy Squad Leader Zhu heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "What should I say? Whether it is a native method or a foreign method, having a method is better than having no method."
Lin Yi also nodded, "Let's talk and listen first."
The corporal immediately said: "Before I became a soldier, I planted saplings on the mountain. You may not know that rabbits like to nibble on saplings. If you are not careful, they can break the saplings.
In order to control the hares, we have also used many methods, such as applying latex paint and lime on the trees, but the effect is not good, even if the latex paint is applied in some places, the hares will bite it off."
"Then we set a trap. Not to mention that we could really trap a rabbit the next day, but the value of a better sapling is far more than the price of a rabbit. A rabbit can destroy many saplings in one night. This is not possible at all.
A good deal.”
"Do you know what method we finally used to solve it?"
Deputy squad leader Zhu quickly urged: "Don't be so secretive, just say it quickly."
The corporal looked at Master Wu and said, "It's just putting smelly fish and rotten shrimps next to the saplings. Not to mention, this trick is really effective. On the first day we put it, we didn't see any hares eating the saplings the next day. Master Wu, you know
I don’t know what the principle is?”
Master Wu only knew how to cook, so how could he know this? He shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I have to remind you that local methods are probably only suitable for local conditions. Our plateau outpost is very cold, let alone leftovers."
Do the fish and shrimps you eat have the effect of repelling rabbits? Even if they do, these fish and shrimps are meat, will they attract foxes and other animals?"
"When the time comes, don't take away the rabbit first and then attract the fox. That will be more than worth the loss. The ability of wild foxes to dig holes is not weaker than that of rabbits."
As soon as Master Wu said these words, the corporal scratched his head helplessly, "That's why I said it's a local method, but it may not be applicable."
Lin Yi looked at Master Wu and said, "Since you are so good at analyzing, you can also give me some advice."
Master Wu is the person who cares most about the outdoor vegetable cellar. If he had a method, he would not be able to hide it. "Platoon leader, I really haven't thought of a method yet. If it doesn't work, I'd better ask the regiment to see if there is any in the logistics department."
What kind of material is it that is resistant to alkaline water, strong, and not easily dug by animals?"
Lin Yi nodded, "There is such material, and I can guarantee that the logistics of the border defense regiment has it."
When Master Wu heard this, he quickly pricked up his ears, fearing that he would miss what Lin Yi said.
Lin Yi pointed to the armory, "The plastic steel material used in firearms is not only alkali-resistant, but also fire-proof. It cannot be cut with a knife, but it is impossible for us to use it to build a vegetable cellar."
When Master Wu heard this, he was a little frustrated and said, "The platoon leader is joking."
Lin Yi waved his hand, "You were the one who made the joke first. To build a vegetable cellar, you also want alkali-resistant and strong materials. Why don't you just ask the regiment to move a cold-proof insulation cabinet for you? That would save trouble."
Master Wu is very familiar with insulated cabinets. “Cold-proof insulated cabinets are useless outdoors like ours. The heater cannot withstand such cold temperatures. Unless the insulated cabinet is wrapped with several layers of cotton coats to make it look like our vegetable cellar.”
Just like outside, pack a few meters of snow to protect against the cold wind."
When Lin Yi heard the cotton coat, he was suddenly stunned, and then looked at everyone, "I seem to know how to solve it."
When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Lin Yi.
"Our purpose is to prevent hares from chewing through the insulation layer and entering the vegetable cellar. So, can't we just lay a barbed wire mesh directly outside the insulation layer? I still don't believe it. Even if the hares' teeth are hard, they can also bite through the barbed wire."